In Minsk, who needs cranes and lifters, when you have stronk men!
As you might have guessed, this tank is made of styrofoam. It’s a 1:1 replica of a T-34/85, being set in the new building of the Great Patriotic War Museum in Minsk. The replica was made by a studio called “Collection”. It has a special durable paint coat, making it resistant to external influences.
Nice, I’d like to know, what such a replica would cost… :)
Dont know, but they made a nice piece of work on it. Especially the reproduction of the metal surface structure and weathering.
Such model could be done for +/- 4000 Euro only for the raw materials, but the majority of money would go for the paint ofc. Plus additionaly a fuckton of work hours.
BTW the most expensive paint i ever meet in my workplace costs 600 Euro/kg o.O
I wouldn’t be surprised if the model in this detail costed 20-25k
What would cost a Maus made from styrofoam? :O
But the question is: can the owner sit into it for this amount of money?
And… Is it weatherproof?
I guess it might be cheaper to buy a wrecked T-34 than to make a replica.
It’s easier to move a styrofoam tank than a RS tank
It actually is, a T-34-85 that actually runs (with demilled barrel) can be as little as $10,000 (USD). It’s one of the reasons they get mocked up so much for movies, it’s really easy to get one and then just gussy it up a bit to look like a different vehicle and many private collectors throughout the world have privately owned, demilled T-34′s of various types.
So, yeah, it’d be cheaper to buy the T-34-85, but significantly more expensive to get it inside the building and into that hallway. It’d also probably go through/damage the floor. While a T-34-85 is very light by modern tank standards and has very low ground pressure, it’s still well over thirty tons.
Could be simply bcoz the man power needed to do this in a reasonable time would make the price go high. And ofc the fact that its custom made.
I need some for my futur house =D
I want a foam tank in my backyard too. Should work better than a dog or cameras for property protection :D
Belarussian workers are OP! Nerf pls!
Nice, good example of why Russian tanks always have a log. Not only can it be used to unditch, the whole platoon can get together & build a bridge!
Its a road not a bridge and requires a huge amount of timber, the four 7-8 ft logs on a tank platoon would not cross anything wider than the tank could on its own, nor give the needed width for the tracks.
Its if a style commonly called a corduroy road and used to cross soft ground.
SS stop with all this historical crap and tanks! who cares about man fighting with swords and shit, tanks are soo 70th.
write something about Sci-Fi or Wildstar
I just hope you are joking and I didnt get your sarcasm.
I agree, stop writing about tanks on your World of Tanks blog, shit’s boring :v
more unrelated posts plz
So is this a “russian rubber tank”? If it is, then it’s good to see how they progress… just 70 years late. :)
Sorry mate, but you’ve been ninja’d by ‘Murica:
http://imgur.com/MASMh7F
funny how your link shows a 404
Belarusian*
THAT’S styrofoam? i thought it’s real cuz it looks soooo damn real =O
Soon we’ll have 3D-printed tanks. >__<
Do you think the tracks are also made of styrofoam? I must say it is very realistic!
The wonders of paint. I am willing to bet the tracks are not real, as they would simply squish the fake wheels. :-)
BELARUSIAN you illiterate!